What Makes a Voice Sound Attractive?

Ever hear a voice that sounded sexy or attractive? Ever build a mental image of what a stranger on the phone may look like purely based on the sound of the voice??? Well, according to researchers , an attractive voice reflects an attractive perceived body size. A group of human subjects listened to the same sentence that was manipulated by altering pitch, acoustic resonance, and voice quality based on body size projections reported for animal calls and emotional human vocal expressions. …

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Shape of Human Nose Influenced by Climate

The basic function of the human nose is to warm and humidify the air before it reaches the lungs. Because of the wide variation of human habitats from the polar cold and dry air to the equatorial hot and humid weather, one would expect the nose to accommodate to these climate extremes accordingly thru evolutionary pressures. In essence, logically one would expect the nose to change shape to enhance time that air is in contact with the warm and moist nasal interior in cold and dry climates c…

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The PERFECTLY Shaped Human Ear

Well, that is according to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) . The "perfect" ear also known as IEC TR 60959, was "defined" in 1990 and is used to allow gadget manufacturers to standardise the acoustic performance of their headphones or cellphones. You can purchase this perfect ear here if you were so inclined. Unfortunately, this perfect ear created in 1990 is actually not so perfect as it was defined using a series of 2D scans, taken at 2mm intervals. T…

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